Rubin Statham

Rubin Statham
Country (sports) New Zealand
ResidenceAuckland, New Zealand
Born (1987-04-25) 25 April 1987 (age 37)
Westminster, United Kingdom
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro2002
PlaysRight-handed
CoachGary Swinkels
Prize moneyUS $413,003
Singles
Career record31–28 (Grand Slam, ATP Tour level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 279 (25 February 2013)
Current rankingNo. 948 (25 November 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
US OpenQ1 (2016)
Doubles
Career record2–13 (Grand Slam, ATP Tour and Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 139 (17 June 2013)
Current rankingNo. 241 (18 November 2024)
Team competitions
Davis Cup28–19
(Singles 26-19, Doubles 2-0)
Last updated on: 19 November 2024.

Rubin Statham (born 25 April 1987), often referred to by his nickname of "José,"[1] is a professional tennis player from New Zealand.[2][3] He has reached a ATP career high ranking of No. 279 in singles on 25 February 2013, and No. 139 in doubles on 17 June 2013.[4]

Personal life

His twin brother Mikal (usually referred to by his nickname of "Oliver")[1] is also a professional tennis player.

Career

2005

In June 2005, Statham's second year on the professional tour, he made his first final at the Japan F8 tournament. He lost in the final to Go Soeda of Japan 4–6, 3–6. In November 2008, Kyu Tae Im of Korea defeated him 6–7(3), 1–6 in the final of the Malaysia F2 event. This was the second time he had made a final in over three years. In May 2009 Statham won his first tournament, at Australia F3, defeating Australian Greg Jones 4–6, 6–4, 6–1 in the final. In his next tournament, Australia F4, he lost in the final to Jones 5–7, 6–7(6). He won his next tournament in Egypt F7 by defeating Jean-Noel Insausti of France in the final 7–5, 6–2. He made it four finals in a row in his next tournament at Egypt F8, losing to Karim Maamoun of Egypt in the final 2–6, 2–6.

2009

In October 2009 Statham won another Futures title at Thailand F4. He defeated Roman Jebavý of the Czech Republic 6–3, 2–6, 7–5 in the final, having also won the doubles title the day before. He also won the Vietnam F1 title in the same month, defeating Amir Weintraub of Israel 6–7(4), 7–6(4), 6–1 in the final, and again made it a special event by winning the doubles as well. He was do it again in Korea in May 2013. In October 2010, Statham was the only New Zealand representative in the Men's Singles at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and was the sixth seed. He lost in the quarterfinals to top-seeded and eventual champion Somdev Devvarman of India 3–6, 4–6.[5]

2019

In January 2019 Statham played the ASB Classic in Auckland, where he caused a major upset by beating the 6th seed and 25th ranked player in the world at the time, Hyeon Chung in straight sets 7–5, 6–3.[6]

2020

In March 2020, Statham's win in the World Group I play-off was his first competitive match for more than a year, a serious hip injury having caused him to retire from the first round of a Challenger event in Bangkok in February 2019.[7] Other than purely domestic events, such as the New Zealand Premier League and Te Anau Invitational, it was the only match he played during the year.

2023

At the 2023 Chengdu Open he reached the semifinals with Marcos Giron after the retirement of Marcelo Demoliner and Matwe Middelkoop and the subsequent withdrawal of Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson.

He entered the qualifying event in singles at the 2023 Astana Open as an alternate replacing Borna Gojo and reached the second round of qualifying.

Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour Finals

Singles: 26 (12-14)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0-0)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (12-14)
Titles by surface
Hard (6–9)
Clay (6-5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0-1 Jul 2005 Japan F8, Tokyo Futures Hard Japan Go Soeda 4–6, 3–6
Loss 0-2 Nov 2008 Malaysia F2, Petaling Jaya Futures Hard South Korea Kyu Tae Im 6–7(3–7), 1–6
Win 1-2 May 2009 Australia F3, Bundaberg Futures Clay United Kingdom Greg Jones 4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Loss 1-3 May 2009 Australia F4, Ipswich Futures Clay United Kingdom Greg Jones 5–7, 6–7(3–7)
Win 2-3 May 2009 Egypt F7, Alexandria Futures Clay France Jean-Noel Insausti 7–5, 6–2
Loss 2-4 Jun 2009 Egypt F8, Ain Sokhna Futures Clay Egypt Karim Maamoun 2–6, 2–6
Win 3-4 Oct 2009 Thailand F4, Bangkok Futures Hard Czech Republic Roman Jebavý 6–3, 2–6, 7–5
Win 4-4 Nov 2009 Vietnam F1, Bình Dương Futures Hard Israel Amir Weintraub 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4), 6–1
Win 5-4 Apr 2012 Vietnam F1, Ho Chi Minh City Futures Hard Australia Nick Lindahl 5–2 RET
Win 6-4 May 2012 Thailand F2, Bangkok Futures Hard Indonesia Christopher Rungkat 7–6(12–10), 6–3
Win 7-4 Jun 2012 Germany F5, Unterföhring Futures Clay Germany Jeremy Jahn 7–6(7–3), 7–5
Loss 7-5 Aug 2012 Austria F4, Fieberbrunn Futures Clay Austria Nicolas Reissig 4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win 8-5 May 2013 Korea F3, Daegu Futures Hard South Korea Lim Yong-kyu 7–5, 3–6, 6–1
Loss 8-6 Aug 2014 Korea F10, Chuncheon Futures Hard Australia John Millman 3–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–7(5–7)
Loss 8-7 Aug 2014 Korea F11, Anseong Futures Hard Australia John Millman 1–6, 5–7
Loss 8-8 Nov 2014 Australia F10, Wollongong Futures Hard United States Jarmere Jenkins 4–6, 5–7
Loss 8-9 Mar 2015 Australia F4, Melbourne Futures Clay Australia Jordan Thompson 1–6, 5–7
Win 9-9 Apr 2015 Australia F5, Mornington Futures Clay Australia Matthew Barton 2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win 10-9 Jul 2016 Usa F22, Pittsburgh Futures Clay Japan Kaichi Uchida 6–3, 2–6, 6–2
Win 11-9 Feb 2017 China F1, Anning Futures Clay Italy Marco Bortolotti 4–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 11-10 Feb 2017 China F2, Anning Futures Clay Chinese Taipei Yang Tsung-hua 6–2, 4–6, 6–7(7–9)
Win 12-10 Jun 2017 Thailand F1, Hua Hin Futures Hard New Zealand Finn Tearney 4–6, 6–1, 6–1
Loss 12-11 Jul 2017 Usa F24, Champaign Futures Hard Germany Dominik Koepfer 7–6(7–5), 2–6, 5–7
Loss 12-12 Dec 2017 Thailand F10, Hua Hin Futures Hard Russia Alexey Vatutin 4–6, 4–6
Loss 12-13 Dec 2021 M15 Cancún, Mexico World Tennis Tour Hard Vietnam Lý Hoàng Nam 4–6, 4–6
Loss 12-14 May 2022 M15 Chiang Rai, Thailand World Tennis Tour Hard Japan Makoto Ochi 4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 70 (23 titles, 47 runners-up)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (4–11)
ITF Futures (19–36)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner–up 1. 6 February 2011 Burnie Hard Australia Marinko Matosevic Canada Philip Bester
Canada Peter Polansky 		3–6, 6–4, [12–14]
Runner–up 2. 27 March 2011 Pingguo Hard Finland Harri Heliövaara Russia Michail Elgin
Russia Alexander Kudryavtsev 		2–6, 3–6
Runner–up 3. 29 July 2012 Oberstaufen Clay Russia Andrey Kuznetsov Romania Andrei Dăescu
Romania Florin Mergea 		6–7(1–7), 6–7(4–7)
Runner–up 4. 6 January 2013 Nouméa Hard New Zealand Artem Sitak Australia Samuel Groth
Japan Toshihide Matsui 		6–7(6–8), 6–1, [4–10]
Runner–up 5. 27 October 2013 Traralgon Hard Australia Dane Propoggia Australia Adam Feeney
Australia Ryan Agar 		3–6, 4–6
Runner–up 6. 9 February 2014 West Lakes Hard Australia Dane Propoggia New Zealand Marcus Daniell
United States Jarmere Jenkins 		4–6, 4–6
Runner–up 7. 15 February 2015 Launceston Hard Australia Adam Hubble Moldova Radu Albot
United States Mitchell Krueger 		6–3, 5–7, [9–11]
Winner 1. 7 June 2015 Gimcheon Hard China Li Zhe South Africa Dean O'Brien
South Africa Ruan Roelofse 		6–4, 6–2
Winner 2. 21 October 2017 Ningbo Hard Moldova Radu Albot India Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
Indonesia Christopher Rungkat 		7–5, 6–3
Runner–up 8. 19 August 2018 Gwangju Hard Zimbabwe Benjamin Lock South Korea Nam Ji-sung
South Korea Song Min-kyu 		7–5, 3–6, [5–10]
Winner 3. 7 January 2023 Nouméa Hard Northern Mariana Islands Colin Sinclair Japan Toshihide Matsui
Japan Kaito Uesugi 		6–4, 6–3
Runner–up 9. 8 April 2023 San Luis Potosi Hard Zimbabwe Benjamin Lock Northern Mariana Islands Colin Sinclair
Australia Adam Walton 		7–5, 3–6, [5–10]
Runner-up 10. 22 April 2023 Cuernavaca Hard Zimbabwe Benjamin Lock Tunisia Skander Mansouri
Greece Michail Pervolarakis 		4–6, 4–6
Runner-up 11. 14 May 2023 Busan Hard Australia Max Purcell United States Evan King
United States Reese Stalder 		w/o
Winner 4. 6 January 2024 Nouméa Hard Northern Mariana Islands Colin Sinclair Japan Toshihide Matsui
Australia Calum Puttergill 		7–5, 6–2

Davis Cup (49)

With 33 ties, Statham holds the record number of appearances in the Davis Cup for New Zealand, his debut being in 2005. His 28 singles victories in those 33 ties is also the highest number by a New Zealand player.[8][9]

In March 2020, Statham won against Brandon Perez in the World Group I play-off against Venezuela.

Legend
Group membership
World Group (0)
Group I (10–17)
Group II (18–4)
Group III (0)
Group IV (0)
Results by surface
Hard (22–15)
Grass (0–2)
Clay (4–3)
Carpet (2–1)
Results by setting
Outdoors (13–10)
Indoors (15–11)
Rubber outcome No. Rubber Match type (partner if any) Opponent nation Opponent player(s) Score
Increase4–1; 4–6 March 2005; MoreFM Tennis Park, Auckland, New Zealand; Group II Asia/Oceania First round; Hard (i) surface
Defeat 1. IV Singles (dead rubber) Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Alexey Kedryuk 4–6, 5–7
Decrease2–3; 23–25 September 2005; MoreFM Tennis Park, Auckland, New Zealand; Group II Asia/Oceania Final; Hard (i) surface
Victory 1. V Singles (dead rubber) South Korea South Korea Kim Sun-yong 6–4, 6–4
Increase5–0; 10–12 February 2006; MoreFM Tennis Park, Auckland, New Zealand; Group II Asia/Oceania First round; Hard (i) surface
Victory 2. IV Singles (dead rubber) Lebanon Lebanon Wahib Maknieh 6–4, 6–3
Decrease2–3; 7–9 April 2006; Sports Complex Baganashil, Almaty, Kazakhstan; Group II Asia/Oceania Second round; Hard (i) surface
Victory 3. IV Singles (dead rubber) Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Igor Chaldounov 6–1, 6–2
Increase5–0; 9–11 February 2007; Edgar Centre, Dunedin, New Zealand; Group II Asia/Oceania First round; Carpet (i) surface
Victory 4. IV Singles (dead rubber) Pacific Oceania Juan Sebastien Langton 7–6(7–4), 6–1
Decrease1–4; 6–8 April 2007; Parnell Tennis Club, Auckland, New Zealand; Group II Asia/Oceania Second round; Carpet (artificial grass) surface
Defeat 2. I Singles Philippines Philippines Cecil Mamiit 4–6, 4–6, 4–6
Victory 5. V Singles (dead rubber) Johnny Arcilla 6–2, 6–4
Increase5–0; 8–10 February 2008; Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman; Group II Asia/Oceania First round; Hard surface
Victory 6. III Doubles (with Daniel King-Turner) Oman Oman Khalid Al-Nabhani / Mohammed Al-Nabhani 3–6, 6–7(2–7), 6–3, 6–2, 6–1
Increase5–0; 11–13 April 2008; Bassam Al-Motawa Tennis Center, Mishref, Kuwait; Group II Asia/Oceania Second round; Hard surface
Victory 7. II Singles Kuwait Kuwait Mohammed Ghareeb 6–3, 6–2, 6–3
Victory 8. V Singles (dead rubber) Ahmad Rabeea Muhammad 6–1, 6–1
Decrease2–3; 19–21 September 2008; TSB Stadium, New Plymouth, New Zealand; Group II Asia/Oceania Final; Hard (i) surface
Victory 9. I Singles China China Bai Yan 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2
Increase5–0; 6–8 March 2009; Albany Tennis Centre, Auckland, New Zealand; Group II Asia/Oceania First round; Hard (i) surface
Victory 10. I Singles Malaysia Malaysia Razlan Rawi 6–1, 6–1, 6–0
Decrease1–4; 18–20 September 2009; Philippine Columbian Association, Manila, Philippines; Group II Asia/Oceania Third round; Clay (i) surface
Defeat 3. II Singles Philippines Philippines Cecil Mamiit 4–6, 5–7, 2–6
Victory 11. V Singles (dead rubber) Vicente Elberto Anasta 6–2, 6–4
Increase3–2; 5–7 March 2010; Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Group II Asia/Oceania First round; Clay surface
Victory 12. I Singles Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Harshana Godamanna 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Victory 13. V Singles Rajeev Rajapakse 6–1, 6–0, 7–5
Increase3–2; 9–11 July 2010; TSB Hub, Hāwera, New Zealand; Group II Asia/Oceania Second round; Hard (i) surface
Victory 14. I Singles Pakistan Pakistan Aqeel Khan 6–4, 6–0, 6–0
Victory 15. IV Singles Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi 6–2, 6–1, 6–3
Increase3–2; 17–19 September 2010; National Tennis Development Centre (LTAT), Nonthaburi, Thailand; Group II Asia/Oceania Third round; Hard surface
Victory 16. II Singles Thailand Thailand Kittiphong Wachiramanowong 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–1, 7–6(7–2)
Victory 17. V Singles Sanchai Ratiwatana 6–1, 6–4, 6–3
Decrease2–3; 4–6 March 2011; Sport Complex Pahlavon, Namangan, Uzbekistan; Group I Asia/Oceania First round; Clay (i) surface
Defeat 4. II Singles Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Denis Istomin 2–6, 3–6, 3–6
Increase5–0; 8–10 July 2011; TSB Hub, Hāwera, New Zealand; Group I Asia/Oceania Relegation Play-off, First round play-off; Hard (i) surface
Victory 18. I Singles Philippines Philippines Ruben Gonzales 6–4, 6–4, 6–4
Decrease2–3; 10–12 February 2012; TECT Arena, Tauranga, New Zealand; Group I Asia/Oceania First round; Hard (i) surface
Defeat 5. I Singles Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Denis Istomin 1–6, 1–6, 3–6
Decrease0–5; 14–16 September 2012; CLTA Tennis Stadium, Chandigarh, India; Group I Asia/Oceania Relegation Play-off, First round play-off; Hard surface
Defeat 6. II Singles India India Vishnu Vardhan 2–6, 7–6(7–2), 4–6, 2–6
Defeat 7. IV Singles (dead rubber) Yuki Bhambri 6–2, 5–7, 6–7(5–7)
Decrease2–3; 19–21 October 2012; Kaohsiung Yangming Tennis Courts, Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei; Group I Asia/Oceania Relegation Play-off, Second round play-off; Hard surface
Victory 19. III Doubles (with Daniel King-Turner) Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei Hsieh Cheng-peng / Huang Liang-chi 3–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–1, 6–4
Increase3–2; 13–15 September 2013; Plantation Bay Resort & Spa, Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines; Group II Asia/Oceania Third round; Clay surface
Victory 20. II Singles Philippines Philippines Johnny Arcilla 6–4, 6–2, 6–4
Defeat 8. IV Singles Ruben Gonzales 6–7(2–7), 6–4, 6–1, 5–7, 6–8
Decrease1–3; 27–29 January 2014; Tianjin Tennis Centre, Tianjin, China; Group I Asia/Oceania First round; Hard (i) surface
Defeat 9. II Singles China China Zhang Ze 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 4–6, 4–6
Defeat 10. IV Singles Wu Di 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–1), 3–6, 5–7, 4–6
Increase4–1; 24–26 October 2014; Wilding Park Tennis Centre, Christchurch, New Zealand; Group I Asia/Oceania Relegation Play-off, Second round play-off; Hard (i) surface
Victory 21. I Singles Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei Yang Tsung-hua 6–1, 6–2, 6–3
Increase4–1; 6–8 March 2015; ASB Tennis Centre, Auckland, New Zealand; Group I Asia/Oceania First round; Hard surface
Defeat 11. II Singles China China Wu Di 6–2, 6–7(5–7), 6–7(0–7), 6–2, 3–6
Victory 22. IV Singles Li Zhe 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
Decrease2–3; 17–19 July 2015; Wilding Park Tennis Centre, Christchurch, New Zealand; Group I Asia/Oceania Second round; Hard (i) surface
Defeat 12. II Singles India India Yuki Bhambri 2–6, 1–6, 3–6
Decrease1–3; 4–6 March 2016; Olympic Tennis Courts, Seoul, South Korea; Group I Asia/Oceania First round; Hard surface
Defeat 13. I Singles South Korea South Korea Hong Seong-chan 4–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–7(6–8)
Defeat 14. IV Singles Chung Hyeon 2–6, 4–6, 2–6
Increase5–0; 16–18 September 2016; Wilding Park Tennis Centre, Christchurch, New Zealand; Group I Asia/Oceania Relegation Play-off, Second round play-off; Hard (i) surface
Victory 23. I Singles Pakistan Pakistan Mohammad Abid Ali Khan Akbar 6–0, 6–1, 6–4
Victory 24. V Singles (dead rubber) Samir Iftikhar 6–4, 6–1
Decrease1–4; 4–6 March 2017; Balewadi Sports Complex, Pune, India; Group I Asia/Oceania First round; Hard surface
Defeat 15. II Singles India India Ramkumar Ramanathan 3–6, 4–6, 3–6
Defeat 16. IV Singles (dead rubber) Yuki Bhambri 5–7, 6–3, 4–6
Increase3–2; 7–9 April 2017; ASB Tennis Centre, Auckland, New Zealand; Group I Asia/Oceania Relegation Play-off, First round play-off; Hard surface
Victory 25. I Singles South Korea South Korea Hong Seong-chan 3–6, 5–7, 7–6(8–6), 7–6(8–6), 2–0 (retired)
Defeat 17. IV Singles Kwon Soon-woo 3–6, 2–6, 4–6
Decrease1–3; 2–3 February 2018; Tianjin Tennis Centre, Tianjin, China; Group I Asia/Oceania First round; Hard (i) surface
Victory 26. I Singles China China Wu Di 2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Defeat 18. IV Singles Wu Yibing 6–1, 3–6, 4–6
Decrease2–3; 14–15 September 2018; Gimcheon Sports Town Tennis Courts, Gimcheon, South Korea; Group I Asia/Oceania Relegation Play-off, Second round play-off; Hard surface
Victory 27. I Singles South Korea South Korea Hong Seong-chan 7–6(12–10), 6–2
Defeat 19. IV Singles Lee Duck-hee 4–6, 1–6
Increase3–1; 6–7 March 2020; ASB Tennis Centre, Auckland, New Zealand; World Group I Play-off, Play-off round; Hard surface
Victory 28. IV Singles Venezuela Venezuela Brandon Perez 6–2, 6–7(3–7), 4–1 (retired)
Decrease1–3; 18–19 September 2021; International Tennis Hall of Fame, Newport, Rhode Island, USA; World Group I; Grass surface
Defeat 20. I Singles South Korea South Korea Nam Ji-sung 2–6, 2–6
Defeat 21. IV Singles Kwon Soon-woo 3–6, 3–6

References

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  2. ^ Rubin ‘Jose’ Statham left to fly the NZ flag
  3. ^ ESPN
  4. ^ "ATP singles rankings".
  5. ^ "Marina Erakovic and Rubin 'Jose' Statham in Delhi Commonwealth Games quarters". Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
  6. ^ Foote, Stephen (8 January 2019). "ASB Classic: Rubin Statham earns stunning upset win over Hyeong Chun". Newshub.
  7. ^ "New Zealand win Davis Cup tie against Venezuela". Retrieved 5 May 2020.
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  9. ^ "Kiwi tennis player Rubin Statham grateful for Good Samaritan after lucky flood escape". 3 February 2023.